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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
123062
Description
Decorated copper alloy bowl; engraved pair of bulls confronting a sacred tree with palmettes, plus a rosette on the base.
Cultures/periods
Middle Babylonian
Production date
1200BC-1000BC
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Kermanshah (province)
, near
Materials
copper alloy
Technique
engraved
Dimensions
Diameter:
17.70 centimetres
Height:
5 centimetres
Weight:
217 grammes
Bibliographic references
Gadd 1932b / Bronzes from North-West Persia
(pl. XVIII)
Nagel W 1960a / Die Kőnigsdolche der Zweiten Dynastie von Isin
(abb.10)
Calmeyer 1995a / Middle Babylonian Art and Contemporary Iran
(pp.36-37, pl. 25)
Curtis 1995d / Later Mesopotamia and Iran: Tribes and Empires 1600-539 BC (Proceedings of a Seminar in memory of Vladimir G. Lukonin)
(pl. 25)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 1995-2005 17 Nov-14 Dec 2005, BM, G52/IRAN/15/17 1994 BM, G49/IRAN 1988 Feb-Nov, Italy, Venice, Palazzo Grassi, I Fenici 1975-ca 1990 BM, Iranian Room [IR], case ?, no. 8 Persian Landing [PL], wall-case [WC] 1, second shelf.
Subjects
cattle
flower
tree/bush
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Abdullah J Hakim
Acquisition date
1932
Acquisition notes
"found near Kermanshah, it is said in a cave" (reports to Trustees 6 May 1932).
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
123062
Registration number
1932,0514.3
Conservation
Treatment
: 16 Nov 1995